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hi everyone this is a quick note to say YOUR BREAST CANCER IS / WAS NOT YOUR FAULT I do advocate for exercise, I try and do 6000 steps per day and I do try and do upper body strength and mobility exercises most days. But this advertising campaign...
Do any of you waiting or going through chemotherapy, find you are quite anxious in the mornings. I’m finding first thing that I feel like I have a anxiety stomach, feeling a bit nausea, but as soon as I have a peppermint gum the feeling goes away. I think...
I was diagnosed in November, had bilateral mastectomy in February and then right axillary lymph node clearance last week. I’m now waiting to find out what’s next, chemo and/ or radiotherapy. I don’t know about anyone else but I find the waiting between...
Hello ladies Happy Easter I am Her-2 positive I have had my lumpectomy surgery and now 12 weekly Paclitaxel treatments alongside 12 months 3 weekly Herceptin. I will be having my 3rd treatment on Tuesday, My symptoms have been manageable they normally...
Hello, my aunt has been diagnosed with stage 2b cervical cancer currently she is saying she doesn't want to have treatment due to the wait time and the fact that she has a needle phobia. She says she feels she is unable to cope with this mentally and...
Hi everyone. I was diagnosed yesterday with triple negative breast cancer-with positive lymph nodes. I’m waiting for an mri to check if it has spread. I’m so scared it has. I can deal with it if it hasn’t-but the thought it has spread and there is nothing...
Hi My mum (62 now) had breast cancer back in 2013, she had mastectomy, fec chemo and radiotherapy and finished her treatment in 2014. The cancer was then estrogen positive and something along the lines of carcinoma (can't remember exactly) Everything...
Hi there, After my last chemo infusion of Docetaxel, I developed swollen ankles that are not going down. I have had swollen ankles or calves during my treatment but they have always gone down completely overnight and have totally sibsided after a few...
Newly diagnosed invasive luboular cancer Awaiting a MRI to see what surgery/treatment I need
Hi all I’ve had 3 ec had 1st of 3 Docetaxel last Tuesday some of my finger nail beds have started to become really painful and feel like they could lift to the point I have to get my husband to open my tablets as it’s too painful I’ve been using phyotobalm...
